African lawmakers back push for tougher anti-LGBT laws after Ghana conference
People arrive at the Parliament of Ghana as Ghana hosts the 4th African Inter-Parliamentary Conference on Family Values and Sovereignty, in Accra, Ghana, June 3, 2026.
Lawmakers from more than a dozen African countries have pledged to push new bills restricting LGBT rights, after a conference in Ghana that brought together self-described "pro-family" activists from across Africa and Europe, participants said.
The African Inter-Parliamentary Conference on Family Values and Sovereignty took place in Accra on June 3–6, a week after Ghana's parliament passed one of the continent's toughest anti-LGBT measures, a bill criminalising LGBT promotion.
